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authorChris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>2010-11-15 09:18:49 -0500
committerChris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>2010-11-15 09:18:49 -0500
commit24f3f6b5eff92608a62449e33bfac0eed1447d02 (patch)
tree7f487b3989657b9c1c896d6c0b3916c60c3ddfa8 /arch/sh/boards/mach-edosk7705/io.c
parentd02db4f8d79c5841ba32b326edb75ea6acd081ca (diff)
arch/tile: fix rwlock so would-be write lockers don't block new readers
This avoids a deadlock in the IGMP code where one core gets a read lock, another core starts trying to get a write lock (thus blocking new readers), and then the first core tries to recursively re-acquire the read lock. We still try to preserve some degree of balance by giving priority to additional write lockers that come along while the lock is held for write, so they can all complete quickly and return the lock to the readers. Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
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